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paulthetool
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 Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:29 pm Post subject: External antenna to TomTom TMC ? |
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I have been useing a TMC rx on my TT510 for the last 2 weeks
now and wonderd if anyone has managed to find how to fit a external
antenna to the unit?
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mikealder
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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Paul, There is a lengthy thread on this topic which can be found Here - its got a strange title (it wandered off topic TBH) but there is now a wealth of information within it, have a look at the link / download provided by site member GizmoB73 on the first page, it contains some very useful information.
As always doing this type of work will invalidate any waranty with the device, if you damage it you can put it in the bin - if in any doubt don't do it - Mike |
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paulthetool
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for that Mike.
Looks a easy thing to do.
will be doind mine in the morning
Thanks again
Paul |
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paulthetool
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for that Mike.
Looks a easy thing to do.
will be doind mine in the morning
Thanks again
Paul |
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AndyVaughan
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Hold fire on this if I were you - if you look in the TomTom GO forum you will see that TomTom have admitted a problem with these and are working on a replacement unit |
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Hamie
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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| AndyVaughan wrote: | | Hold fire on this if I were you - if you look in the TomTom GO forum you will see that TomTom have admitted a problem with these and are working on a replacement unit |
Hmm... Wonder if Garmin will do the same now... |
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mikealder
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| With the Garmin device its a different problem, with the earlier versions of firmware/ software loaded the RDS-TMC actually worked quite well, since the Christmas "Upgrade" reception has been pathetic, once the software is sorted out I hope the Garmin unit returns to what it was, a functional unit 90% of the time - I don't know why it needed altering but thats progress, in this case one step forwards and ten back - Mike |
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Hamie
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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| mikealder wrote: |
once the software is sorted out I hope the Garmin unit returns to what it was, a functional unit 90% of the time - I don't know why it needed altering but thats progress, in this case one step forwards and ten back - Mike |
I wouldn't hold my breath. Garmin support are quite adamant that the unit works fine everywhere they say it should. And if it's not working its a user problem... Or a hardware fault. They just can't seem to grasp that because it works in their carpark down south doesn't mean it works on the M4 coming into London.
I really hope it is a firmware problem. Easy fix after all. But I suspect it's more the pathetic aerial they shoved on it without the ability to plugin an external one. |
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swing
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:44 am Post subject: |
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Hamie - I think it's fair to say that right now it's a combination of both - the latest couple of firmwares are nowhere near as good as the previous couple of firmwares, causing problems and lack of traffic (and someone, which I understand Garmin accept and are still working on).
However, you are also right that the little aerial struggles with the low signal strength in the UK - I've upgraded to a better aerial setup, yet still I don't have more than about 80-85% of the areas I travel with traffic signal coverage (although I should state that this is with v3.90 / v4.00, which, once fixed, might increase this figure). The lack of support for another external aerial is a great shame.
Also, there are definitely outages, which are not published. I went 2 days last week with no traffic, in areas that v4.00 had worked the days before without problem. Only the weekend the signal appears to have come back, but still not as good as it was.
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Hamie
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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| swing wrote: | the latest couple of firmwares are nowhere near as good as the previous couple of firmwares, causing problems and lack of traffic (and someone, which I understand Garmin accept and are still working on).
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Where'd you get that undertanding from? I have a support call open at the moment... And they're adamant they haven't heard of any problems (In fact he was quite un-complimentary about the forums here & on gpspassion).
I have managed to get traffic pickups in Reading town centre (Around the hospital), parts of the southern permiter road at Heathrow (But not friday night for some reason), and that's about it. I get periodic traffic in my office, IF I lock the unit onto channel 187 first. But that's a bit flakey too. |
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Darren
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Hamie wrote: | | Where'd you get that undertanding from? I have a support call open at the moment... And they're adamant they haven't heard of any problems (In fact he was quite un-complimentary about the forums here & on gpspassion). |
Oh really? What did he say as I'd be delighted to discuss that with Garmin's UK boss 
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swing
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Hamie wrote: | | swing wrote: | | (and someone, which I understand Garmin accept and are still working on). |
Where'd you get that undertanding from? |
Someone at Garmin told a user in these forums that they were still working on it, even after v4.00 came out.
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Hamie
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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| swing wrote: | | Hamie wrote: | | swing wrote: | | (and someone, which I understand Garmin accept and are still working on). |
Where'd you get that undertanding from? |
Someone at Garmin told a user in these forums that they were still working on it, even after v4.00 came out. |
That's great if accurate. But garmin support just tell me there's no known problems. Hopefully the other user is right & my support contact just isn't aware (Which is scary in itself, but I understand how support generally works). |
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